Friday, January 31, 2014

Caramel pineapple upside down cake ~ awesome-liciousss ^^

Two words ~ DECADENTLY AWESOME!!!

I had very much wanted to share this delish recipe the 1st time I made it late november last year! But the pictures.. ahhh.... never mind.

Since I knew I was going to make them again, I thought I would have better pics.. alas, the pics from the 2nd bake (a few weeks back) and the 3rd bake 2 nights ago was just as bad (oh why do I do this all the time and bake at nights????!!!!)! I give up, so please excuse my pics and get on with this fabulous recipe ^^

1. Prepare caramel. Cook sugar, butter, cream and rum on medium heat. Do not stir. Bring to a boil and stir in sea salt, and remove from heat. Divide and pour into 2 greased 8-inch round baking tins, or 1*8-inch square tin and 2*8-inch loaf tins. If you encounter this problem where the caramel looks weird ie. caramel and oil separates, or maybe crystallized sugar.. it's ok. Get rid of crystallized sugar by straining the liquid. If you want a gorgeous caramel flavor and color (like I did), cook the sugar to a nice coppery-color (be careful, not black or burnt!), then add butter, cream, rum and sea salt.. read this.

2. Arrange pineapple rings in the baking tins filled with caramel.

3. In a bowl, beat butter and 100g sugar till light and fluffy (don't overbeat!)Add egg yolks one at a time and beat till well combined. Mix in rum..

2 comments:

Gong Xi Fa Cai to you. What a great post on the 1st day of CNY! It doesnt matter if your pic doesnt came out nice but since you rave about the cake, Im sure it taste awesomely delicious. I love to give this a try too. The can pineapple wont be too sweet for the cake?

This is a sweet cake I'm afraid ^^ll.. not tooth achingly sweet, but sweet nevertheless because of the decadent caramel.. however it is also perfectly yummylicious because of this reason!IDon't worry about canned pineapple rings.. once drained of syrup, it is ok. The cake itself isn't sweet.. the sweetness and richness is all due to the caramel.. do hope you'll get to try it one day and enjoy it as much as I do ^^